73-year-old Prasad is in custody following his conviction and sentence by a CBI court in February in a fodder scam case involving embezzlement of over Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury
In March 2018, a special CBI court sentenced Prasad in the Dumka case to 14 years in jail
The court had convicted Prasad on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after hearing the arguments virtually
"I have seen my father being repeatedly put in jail, having been implicated in a case he had sought to crack," 35-year-old Yadav said
RJD leader Lalu Prasad, who was discharged from AIIMS around 3 am after being kept under observation overnight, was brought to the emergency department again around 12.30 pm Wednesday
The ebullient politician suffers from multiple ailments, including renal problems
Former Union Minister Sharad Yadav merged his Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) led by fo Lalu Prasad Yadav.
More troubles are likely for the ailing RJD supremo Lalu Prasad as the Enforcement Directorate may confiscate assets created by those convicted in the scandal
RJD vice president Shivanand Tiwari alleged that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was also "involved" in the fodder scam and had "taken the money from the kingpin Shyam Bihari Sinha".
The RJD supremo had earlier been sentenced to 14 years in prison and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh in 4 other cases related to Dumka, Deoghar and Chaibasa treasuries and was in jail since Dec 2017
Kumar chuckled at allegations of political vendetta leveled against his ally BJP by supporters of his arch rival Lalu Prasad who has been awarded another prison sentence in another fodder scam case
Former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi rubbished charges of political vendetta levelled against his party by supporters of RJD president Lalu Prasad.
Following the special CBI court that gave 5 years jail to Lalu Prasad, his younger son Tejashwi Yadav said that he will go to the High Court to challenge the verdict.
The health condition of incarcerated RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, who is undergoing treatment at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), is serious but stable
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After a CBI court sentenced ex-Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav to five years imprisonment, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav claimed that his father was targeted because he refused to shake hands with BJP
The quantum of punishment will be announced on February 21
Talking to journalists here shortly after a special CBI court in Ranchi gave its verdict, Yadav insinuated that his father was being targeted for being a garibon ka neta' (champion of the poor)
The remark was made after the Prime Minister praised Nitish Kumar for not indulging into dynasty politics and termed him a 'great socialist leader'.
Dynastic politics were meant to deflect public attention from "failures of the double engine government," said Yadav